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- Title
THE BRIDE'S VOICE: RELIGIOUS WOMEN CHALLENGE THE WEDDING RITUAL.
- Authors
Koren, Irit
- Abstract
The article focuses on the resistance, by Jewish women, to traditional Orthodox Jewish wedding ceremony, through the creation of alternative interpretations and practices aimed at creating change in the religious system. Since these women identify as religious, they feel constrained to abide by Jewish law. Thus, they evinced a desire to have Orthodox weddings--either because they personally felt committed to religious Orthodoxy, or because their fiancés, parents, or communities were committed to Orthodoxy. The women in the study did not hew to a strict feminist interpretation of the Orthodox wedding ritual as an oppressive act. Rather, they chose to make their own interpretations of various of the ritual acts associated with the traditional wedding.
- Subjects
JEWISH women; ORTHODOX Jews; WEDDINGS; JEWISH law; RITES &; ceremonies; FEMINISM
- Publication
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2005, Issue 10, p29
- ISSN
0793-8934
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/NAS.2005.-.10.29